went to the gem and jewelry show today...

[jewelerman]

And was very disappointed by the amount of vendors who didn''t have a clue about what they were selling.Also the amount of out and out lies being told to make a sale...example vendor told customer...this ring is 170.00 Because its sterling(it was)and the opals are high quality(they were lab created)and the center stone is Tanzinite(dark purple Cubic Zirconium)...just one example...i guess its buyer beware...everywhere!The customer didn''t buy the ring or i would have stepped in and let her know what she was buying and that the ring was worth about $30-$40 tops in a retail store setting.

 

[Lovinggems]

I went to a semi annual gem and mineral show recently and the quality of the cut stones were mostly below average and way overpriced. Lots of synthetics and tiny sized stones. For example, I was looking at a somewhat pretty tourmaline you''d pay around $200 online and the vendor came over and told me everything was half priced, then proceeded to say the sticker price was the per carat price. Effectively the tourmaline I was looking at would have cost around $2,000.

I bought an overpriced gem stone case because I needed one ASAP, too many people with more money then sense living in my town, the vendors are aware of this and they don''t bother to bring their good stuff here anymore.

 

[movie zombie]

Date: 6/18/2010 9:55:12 PM
Author:jewelerman
And was very disappointed by the amount of vendors who didn''t have a clue about what they were selling.Also the amount of out and out lies being told to make a sale...example vendor told customer...this ring is 170.00 Because its sterling(it was)and the opals are high quality(they were lab created)and the center stone is Tanzinite(dark purple Cubic Zirconium)...just one example...i guess its buyer beware...everywhere!The customer didn''t buy the ring or i would have stepped in and let her know what she was buying and that the ring was worth about $30-$40 tops in a retail store setting.

of course it is. i wouldnt expect it to be any different than any other business.

mz